Judicial Extern: Associate Justice Marvin R. Baxter, California Supreme Court, 1999; Presiding Justice James Ardaiz, California Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District, 1997. Staff Attorney: Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Competition, Washington, D.C. 1999-2000. Selected: "Top 100 Trial Lawyers" by the American Trial Lawyers Association, 2008-2011; Northern California Super Lawyers- Rising Star, 2009-2011; "20 Rising Stars Under 40" by the Armenian Bar Association, 2011; Distinguished Alumni, College of Arts & Humanities, California State University, Fresno, 2011. Publications: "Establishing 'Alter Ego' Liability" Plaintiff, Vol. 3 No. 12 December 2009; "The Threat of Intervention in Your State Court Class Action," Forum, Vol. 40 No. 1, January/February 2010; "Getting Your Injury Case Out Of Bankruptcy," Plaintiff, Vol. 4 No. 3, March 2010, republished in Advocate, Vol. 37 No. 5, May 2010; "The Law On Predatory Pricing In California," Competition: The Journal of the Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section of the State Bar of California, Vol. 19 No. 1, Spring 2010; "Conflicts of Interest Arising from Successive Matters," California Litigation, Vol. 23 No. 1, 2010; "Evaluating Ponzi Schemes," Advocate, Vol. 38, No. 2, 2011. MCLE Panelist: "Conflicts of Interest," 2010; "Rules of Evidence" 2008, 2009; "Direct and Cross-Examination for Civil Litigators," 2008; "Discovery Skills for Legal Staff and Young Lawyers," 2007 and 2008; "Personal Injury for Paralegals in California," 2006.